The Control Relationship is one part of the Martial Art System.
It can be observed that a controlling relationship exists between certain pairs of the Five Martial Elements, which works simultaneously with the Creative Relationship.
This relationship means that time & effort spent on the development of any one particular element will naturally have a balancing, suppressing, moderating, thus ‘controlling’ effect on the element to which it is connected.
Because ALL elements are ultimately connected, this controlling influence will cycle through the entire system, element-by-element, in a particular order.
The order in which all elements are affected is known as the Control Cycle.